Quick to respond, the workers took up a threatening attitude and approached the Russian sentry, shouting and voicing their intention to have the soldiers freed. The internees, meanwhile, told the workers to disperse, saying that they intended to stone the sentry. Stones flew at the sentry and the latter raised his rifle in an effort to frighten the soldiers way. This measure failed, and the Russian soldier fired a shot, mortally wounding one of the soldiers. The rest of the internees and the workers ran a as soon as they saw the man fall.
A few steps away, n a post within the camp, another Russian volunteer was surrounded by sixteen internees.
The sentry, detailed to a narrow passage, had his way barricaded by bamboo poles znd wes then stoned by the rioters. As a warning to the Chinese internes, he fired a shot into the wall. With one of their comrades; shot but a few minutes before, the soldiers quickly took te their heels.
No further disturbances marked the Gay and no reinforcements were sent to the Camp, although at about 4.30 pam. the interned soldiers started throwing pamphlets over the camp walls, These were understood to state that one of their number was murdered in col blood by a Russian guard. The pamphlet went on to say that the soldiers had recently behaved well and that the Russian killed the interna without the slightest provocation on the part of the latter.
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